Is there a way to prevent users from changing settings such proxy's and password saving.

I am using this computers running ubuntu 10.04 with chrome. i need to make sure i can keep a user from changing this settings. The proxy is blocking access to all sites but a whitelist and that setting is under chrome and at the moment available to any user

Sorry my eyes glazed over the "on Ubuntu" part. You could look at trying to use http_proxy settings as Chrome on a Mac also uses the default OS proxy settings. Alternatively setting it in something like the WM or via the network app (network manager, wicd, etc....) might also work.

This article says if you are using GNOME or KDE it will use that environments proxy settings, so if you can set them there then lock it down you should be OK. This link should tell you how to restrict users from changing the setting by locking them down. There are ways around this, on the command line, such as using the "--proxy-server" command line argument to by pass or set as suggested here. But it will deter most unless they are really intent on bypassing it. This is one of the reasons I prefer inline transparent or authentication required proxies don't have to worry about this stuff. You could also of course recompile without the --proxy-server option or hard code it, then that would render the issue moot as well, but that seems like a lot of work.

I will try the enviroment variable way. just FYI for some reason after trying to network boot to a FOG server ubuntu completly took dump and wouldnt boot anymore. not exactly sure why so i switch to opensuse 12.1. I prefer debian based distros but it seems suse has some more powerfull admin stuff out of the box thought maybe i could use them to try and restrict a username to only have access to Chrome.

I will update this with the outcome. no if i can only get squid to play nice an work

0

This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting.